I am here for the weekend. Two words: Tony Danza.…
When you break it down, there really aren’t that many holidays you can’t celebrate with a little something you sewed. But that gets trickier when you’re making a gift to give for that holiday. And it is further…
This weekend, you could win a spot in the Essential Sewing e-course that begins on Monday! Jog on over to True Up, our favorite all-fabric-all-the-time blog, and leave a comment for a chance to win. Giveaway closes Monday morning!…
Just announced today at Spoonflower: their new quilt-weight fabric? Kona cotton! Let’s back up. First: I think my long-standing love-affair with Kona cotton is no secret. I know there are lots of solid cotton fabrics out there, but Kona…
Literally. Found this little fella outside the bathroom window the other morning as flurries were circling overhead. Tried desperately to snap a shot of him with a single flake scooting past, but never did–only ended up with a zillion…
I have mentioned before my Tony Danza wall quilt. It has been a work-in-progress for a little over two years now. And by “work-in-progress,” obviously I mean I haven’t really started it but I sure do think about it…
Progress in the kitchen slowed to an almost complete stop while we moved in and got settled, but now not having it finished is making us crazy enough that we’re ready to set aside organizing the linen closet and…
So, I make no secret of the fact that my Rowenta iron and I are veryveryclose. I loooooove my iron, to a not-quite-unnatural degree. I started with a yard sale purchase of a lower-end model, and after I had…
Hooray!! The first online sewing class I’m offering this year, Essential Sewing, is now open for registration! I really love teaching this class–it offers such a wide range of skills and is enormously beneficial both for total newbie beginners…
With everything we’re doing to get moved in and get the kitchen ready for six people to abuse it relentlessly for the next twenty years, I haven’t spent much time in my studio. In fact, I have spent NO…
“Hope Springs Eternal” egg that sits on the shelf in my studio Thanks for all the kind words on my last post, y’all! Only good things happening here, and stuff that I’ve been wanting to do but unsure of–hearing…
There is a story, often repeated, about Cortez and his conquest of the Aztecs. Cortez and his men sailed across the ocean from Spain and landed in the New World. They were overwhelmed by what they saw, aghast at…
Two things going on here: One, I’m finally sewing in the lining on the Little Black Dress I made with my Fall Wardrobe e-course class back in…what, September? October? It was my favorite garment that we made with that…
We have super spotty internet right now, since we don’t have ANY internet right now, and I’m making do with a shifty hot spot. So this may or may not end abruptly. I am going stream-of-consciousness right here, so…
I need your advice. So, we’re packing up to move. Again. This is what it looked like when I packed my studio to leave the last house: took 32 boxes. Not even kidding a little. Now, my husband clearly…
